14-letter words containing a, b, i, n
- pax britannica — a peace imposed by Great Britain upon hostile nations, especially in the 19th century.
- pay bargaining — negotiating concerning salary or pay
- paying-in book — a book for keeping a record of money deposited into an account
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- persian blinds — persiennes
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- pipeline break — (architecture) (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
- planning board — development group
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
- rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
- rainbow runner — a streamlined, cigar-shaped swift jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, of warm seas, having a blue back, light-colored abdomen, and blue-bordered yellow stripes on its sides: a food and game fish.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
- rainbow-collar — being or of an employee who combines work or experience on the assembly line with more technical or administrative duties; having both blue-collar and white-collar duties or experience.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
- record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
- redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- rental library — lending library.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.